Cyberattacks and Hacks

Rogue Agents
OpenAI Models Escaped Containment and Hacked Hugging Face
The cybersecurity-focused models, including GPT-5.6 Sol, broke out of a testing sandbox, exploited a zero-day, and gained access to the open internet to pull off the attack.
Lily Hay Newman and Dell Cameron

Inside Job
A Sneaky Hacking Tool Targeting AI Infrastructure Is Lurking in Victims’ Blind Spots
Lily Hay Newman

Stealth Mode
A Device Hidden in Cars Across the US Leaves Them Vulnerable to Hacking and Paralysis. Patch It Now
Andy Greenberg


Security Roundup
AI Found a Root Bug in Linux That Everyone Missed for 15 Years
Dell Cameron and Lily Hay Newman



Thirst Trap
What Happens if China Hacks the US Water Supply? I Went to a Secret War Game to Find Out
Andy Greenberg

Compromised
EU Politicians Investigated Pegasus Spyware. Then It Ended Up on One of Their Phones
Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess

Cheap Seats
Claude Helped a Hacker Find a Way to Issue Tickets to Almost Every US Music Festival
Andy Greenberg

Don't Look Up
Top Google Security Staff Warn Search Data Could Be Hacked if EU Rules Change
Matt Burgess


Burn Notice
The Pentagon Is Looking Into the Dialog Data Exposure for Unmasking National Security Officials
Dell Cameron and Dhruv Mehrotra

Hack Job
Dialog Claims It Was Hacked. A Misconfigured Website Left Its Members Exposed
Dell Cameron and Dhruv Mehrotra

Patched Up
OpenAI Launches Full-Scale Effort to Patch Open-Source Bugs as It Takes on Anthropic’s Mythos
Lily Hay Newman

Security Roundup
Hackers Claim to Leak Stolen Madison Square Garden Data
Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman

Grade Expectations
How the Peter Thiel-Linked Dialog Club Secretly Ranks Its Members
Dell Cameron, Dhruv Mehrotra, and Yulia Almazova

Group Chat
Leak Exposes Members of Peter Thiel’s Secretive ‘Dialog’ Society
Dell Cameron and Yulia Almazova



Move Fast, Fix Things
CISA Tells US Agencies to Fix Security Bugs in as Little as 3 Days Thanks to AI Threats
Lily Hay Newman

Mythos Madness
Anthropic Offers Mythos Upgrade for Cyber Partners and a ‘Safe’ Version for the Rest of You
Maxwell Zeff and Lily Hay Newman